Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-08
MARTINS FERRY.

district continues to improve, and In =
short time lone but those houses which
were totally destroyed will bear the marks
of the storms fury. All through the town
may be seen patched roofs, new chimneys
and other evidences of repair.
Reports from the fruit raisers in this vi
cinity 20 TO show that unless there is some
calamity in store for them the fruit crop
will be exceptionally good. The recent
cyclone did a great deal to materially
lessen the average of orchards in its imme-
date path.
VIM. McMasters has greatly improved
the appearances of his residence on North
Fifth street by applying a coat OF paint
and rebuilding the chimneys.
In the Walnut Grove the trees are all
coming out in Leaf, despite the efforts of
the tornado to ruin that pleasant resort.
The foliage is, however, so close to the
ground that it will be almost impossible
TO enjoy il. In another year, and every
indication of the once beautiful grove will
be Obliterated and the trees cut up into
walnut lumber.
This for May has been a very quiet
month in Police circles. April, however
was a hummer, and the number of arrests
was more than two per day. The board
hill for April amounted to more than $40
ut forty rents per day.
The shade shops at the Dithridge Flint
| Glass Works were put off again yesterday.
Some artistic tramp, recently locked up
in the city prison, spent his time in deco
rating the walls with well timed legends,
such as, ''Keller's Hotel, - BOARD paya-
BILE in advance" ale who enters here
leaves hope behind" "Louse versus
Mouse" etc, etc. These legends are all
applied to the walls in a very artistic
manner, and besides furnishing matter for
thought for the unfortunate who may here
after be enslaved, add greatly to the ap-
pearance of the grim white washed walls.
Quite n gOOdly number Of our people at
tended the various places of amusement III
Wheeling yesterday and last night.
The G.. l.. q w. people will commence
cutting the C. x p. tracks at the Benwo0d
furnace in q few days, and prepare to cross
and continue on up the river.
NJ. +. Raily, q Laughlin mill mailer, re-
turned from a two weeks visit in Indian
apOlis, Ind, yesterday.
The people of North Fifth street have
petitiOned the City Council for an estab-
| iished grade on that grade on that street,
and the setting of curbstOne on the east
side of the street, from Hanover street
north.
Your reporter heard quite a number of
people express themselves entirely satisfied
with the settlement made by the Board OF
Education with the Penn Mutual Insur-
ance Company on Friday and detailed in
yesterdays REGISTER.
Clarence, a young son of John Burrls,
was severely bitten by a cat on Thursday.
For estimates on book making, printing,
rebinding, &c, &c, call on j.. w. Phoebus,
REGISTER agent.
The REGISTER, Daily and Sunday, de
livered ut your door for Is cents per week.
Daily, - cents.
The Martins Ferry Stove Works will re-
sumo operations in full during the early
part of the coming week, the factory hav-
inv been closed down since April 10 by the
tornado damage.
Mr.. James A. Gray is again able to be
in his place of business, although he Is still
quite weak.
The {. & =. trains still continue to 90
laundering through the city unmOleSted.
Marshal Burns complains that there is no
ordinance stating the rate of speed allowed.
Let the City Council pass one ut once, and
supplement it with y section demanding 4
ilagman at the Hanover street crossing.
Ross Barr, who has been working i'll
Cambridge, o., for the past several months,
has returned home.
A finely arranged and well executed pro-
gramme was the attraction at the meeting
of the Shreye Literary Society on Friday
afternoon. All the exercises were meritO-
rious, the most entertaining being n dia-
Iogue entitled the Law Suit by Messrs.
| Charles Hoyle, Benz. EXley, Paul MOrri-
son and Misses Kate RalStOn, Jessie SwartZ
and Alma ChesSell.
The city order for $2S stolen from the
house of John w. Nichols, on Thursday,
has not been presented for payment yet,
and will not probably be presented. A
duplicate was issued yesterday.
A force of men are at work raising the
old Dakan property on Hanover street. 1t
will be occupied after it is gotten into shape
by its owners, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Sedg-
wick.
The Wheeling Natural Gas company have
so far, shown n~oinclinatiOn to put in house
service mains in town, and probably will
not.
Work still goes on on the Water Works,
and the prospect for wafer July LIST con-
tinue to brighten.
Lumber was unlOadcd from the cars yes
terday to build a freight shed two hundred
feet long below the new c. Il p. freight
depot. The building Of this shed will
add greatly to the convenience of shippers
in loading and unloading freight.
Charley Clark, a well known Wheeling
mailer who formerly worked in this place,
was in the city yesterday, calling on old
acquaintance.
The foundation for Patrick McDonOughs
new building on Second street is ready
for the brick super structure.
t.. C. Clark, of Bridgeport, was in the
city yesterday.
Yesterday was pay day at the Elson
class works and Etna mill.
Mrs. Fanny Anderson and her daughter,
Mrs. DR.. 4. \. Dng, left yesterday for
Evansville, o., 10 spend several weeks
with relatives and friends in that vicinity.
Conrad Longs new building on Wash
ingtOn street is well under way
4 Dr. j.. W. Darrah has had his Hanover
street drug store nicely repaired and paint
ed, adding greatly to it's appearance. DR..
Darran now Las rs nice q place as can he
found in the city.
1t is rumOred that the LaughlIn Nail
Works will resume operations soon.
The work of rebuilding the district
school house Mt Ferry View, for which
money was appropriated by the Township
Board of Education some time since, will
be commenced ia a few days, so that 1t
can he opened for use by September first.
Our people take q deep interest in the
Wheeling base ball club, first, because it Is
practically our home team, and secondly,
because our own Legs Mallory is a MEM
her Of the clubs best battery.
On Friday evening, the boys of the L.
Il. G. entertained the lady members at the
home of James RalStoL, on Fourth street.
The affair was gstten up in the very best